Reporting on a number of major issues in explaining, accepting and revising the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations at the morning meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) on June 3, Chairman of the Science, Technology and Environment Committee Le Quang Huy said that one of the issues with many comments was related to the authority to appraise Vietnamese standards (QCVN).
On this issue, the Government proposes to report to the National Assembly for consideration of the option of assigning the responsibility of appraisal to specialized agencies managing the sectors and fields that issue QCVN. In order to institutionalize the Party's recently issued policy, based on the opinions of the Government and relevant agencies, through careful review, research, and consideration of many aspects, the Standing Committee of the appraisal agency agrees with the Government's proposal. Accordingly, the authority to appraise QCVN in the draft law is stipulated in the direction of assigning it to specialized agencies managing the sectors and fields for implementation.
Regarding the declaration of conformity, Mr. Le Quang Huy stated that the nature of conformity assessment with standards (conformity) is to determine whether the product complies with the technical characteristics and management requirements specified in the applicable technical regulations. This is scientific evidence and technical legal basis for state management agencies to conduct inspections, examinations, resolve disputes and handle violations of product quality; create trust for consumers; and comply with the basic requirements of mutual recognition agreements on conformity assessment results within the framework of cooperation and international practices.
National Assembly delegates said that conformity declaration is a necessary and important measure and tool to ensure effective state management, protect consumers, and enhance business brands, so it should not be eliminated.
In response to this opinion, and at the same time to overcome the duplication in conformity assessment activities, causing costly expenses for enterprises (due to having to comply with the regulations on conformity declaration according to the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations, and having to comply with the requirements of specialized laws), the draft amended law has stipulated the expansion of the common use of conformity assessment results as a basis for conformity declaration activities; exempting conformity declaration for products that fully meet the quality management requirements according to the provisions of specialized laws so that enterprises only have to comply with one process, instead of having to carry out two processes as at present.
To minimize administrative procedures and costs for businesses, and promote digitalization of procedures for registration of conformity declarations, the draft amended law has revised regulations on conformity registration in a simplified direction, whereby organizations and individuals only need to notify conformity declarations on the national database of standards, measurements, and quality.
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